Brazil international Willian would be a prize recruit for United, absolutely top drawer.

Not only is he highly-talented, but his work-rate is phenomenal, he’s proven he’s tailor-made for the Premier League and he’s shown over the pastcampaign that when it comes to scoring from free-kicks, there are few better.

Willian still has two years remaining on his contract at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea would be desperate to keep hold of the man who took out both the fans’ Player of the Year and players’ Player of the Year for last season.

However, they know that if they let his contract run down and he doesn’t sign a new one, they’ll struggle to get anywhere near £60m for him in a couple of years time.